Newsday – October 02, 2015 by MATTHEW CHAYES An arbitration panel will decide soon how much of a salary hike New York City must pay the NYPD’s 24,000 rank-and-file police officers, and its ruling — if generous for the cops — could upset the tentative accord with the city’s biggest firefighters union. Gambling on arbitration […]
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WTC Clinic in a Bind after Congress Lets Zadroga Act Expire
NY Daily News – October 02, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino Treating 13,000 patients a year at the World Trade Center Health Program is hard enough for Dr. Michael Crane — now he has to work under a cloud of uncertainty since part of the Zadroga Act expired. “I don’t have much hair left anyway, and […]
Ridgewood Fire House Celebrates 100 Years of Service
NY 1 – September 30, 2015 The city celebrated a local firehouse’s 100 years of service Tuesday. Engine Company 291, Ladder Company 140 was established in October 1915. On Tuesday, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro joined firefighters in Ridgewood to celebrate. The firehouse serves Ridgewood and neighboring Bushwick and Glendale “I hope it’s here for another […]
3-Alarm Fire Engulfs Church in West Brighton
SI Advance – September 30, 2015 by Ryan Lavis STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 3-alarm fire ripped through a vacant church in West Brighton early Wednesday morning. More than a hundred firefighters responded to the call of a fire inside House of Miracles church at 641 Delafield Ave. at around 2:08 a.m., an FDNY spokesman […]
Expiring Zadroga health Program Has Funds for Another Year, Backers Say
Newsday – September 30, 2015 by TOM BRUNE WASHINGTON — Congressional authorization for the health program of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act expires at midnight Wednesday night — but its backers said the program has enough money available to last another year and they expect federal lawmakers to extend it this fall. […]
Editorial: Rescue the 9/11 Heroes by Permanently Extending the Zadrogra Act
NY Daily News – September 30, 2015 A national disgrace befalls America at midnight Wednesday at the expiration of legislation authorizing compensation and medical care for rescue and recovery workers sickened by their Ground Zero service after 9/11. The expiration of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act forces health centers that treat 33,000 […]
Blaze Consumes Staten Island Church, Prompting Massive FDNY Response
NY Daily News – September 30, 2015 by Keldy Ortiz A three-alarm blaze gutted a Staten Island church early Wednesday, according to fire officials. The fire was sparked at the House of Miracles church on Delafield Ave. and Elizabeth St. in Port Richmond just after 2 a.m., officials said. The church burned for over an […]
Concern That Delegates Would Reject Contract Led UFA Head to Defer Vote
Chief Leader – September 29, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY and RICHARD STEIER Uniformed Firefighters Association President Steve Cassidy last week confirmed that the union postponed a Sept. 23 vote on the contract he negotiated with the city to avoid a potential defeat of the pact by unconvinced delegates. ‘They Think PBA Will Do Better’ “There were a […]
After 14 Years, Tunnel to Towers Run & Walk Still Going Strong
Newsday – September 28, 2015 by EMILY NGO Tracing the steps of the off-duty firefighter who raced in full gear toward Ground Zero — and ultimately, to his death — during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, more than 30,000 runners from across the globe Sunday made their way through the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel. The 14th […]
Crowley Honors FDNY On 150 Years Of Service
On September 17, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley presented a Proclamation to the Fire Department of the City of New York(FDNY) to honor and celebrate its 150th Anniversary. “This is a momentous occasion for our Fire Department – for the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect New Yorkers,” Crowley […]
